Pentagon Stops Accepting New F-35 Deliveries over Contractual Dispute

Lockheed Martin’s plan to deliver 91 new F-35 aircraft for 2018 is on hold as the US Department of Defense temporarily suspends accepting aircraft because of a dispute over who will pay for repairing a production error. Lockheed confirmed on Wednesday that the Pentagon had halted deliveries of the jet over a contractual issue, but […]

Air strikes in Syria: The targets, the aircraft involved, and the Russian response

On Friday night, President Donald Trump took to television to announce an offensive being carried about by military assets from the United States, UK, and France, aiming to significantly hinder Syrian President Bashar al Assad’s chemical weapons capabilities. The offensive, which included weapons launches from multiple air and naval platforms, was a direct response to […]

New Pentagon report warns that the US is falling behind Russia and China in space

Last year, both the U.S. Congress and Senate seemed to hear the chorus of defense officials calling for an increased emphasis on the defense of America’s orbital infrastructure when they put together budget proposals for an increase in defense spending. Unfortunately, when the two budgets were reconciled into a single bill, both the plans for […]

SOFREP’s X-Files: Four things to know about the Pentagon’s secret UFO department

The recent revelation that the United States military had funneled some $22 million out of the Pentagon’s black budget to investigate reports of Unidentified Flying Objects was met with a variety of responses in the media, and from the public at large.  Some saw the investigation as a waste of money, others called it confirmation […]

Presidents and nukes: Bill Clinton once lost the nuclear football ‘for months’

As tensions continue to mount between the United States and North Korea, the American public has been more conscious of the president’s nuclear launch capabilities than any time since the Cold War. Those critical of the president have voiced concerns about his emotionally stability, while the president himself has even taken to making jokes about […]

Beginning Monday, Transgender People May Now Join the Military

Beginning on Monday, January 1, transgender individuals are now allowed to join the U.S. military, after the Pentagon was forced to comply with a federal court ruling issued last month. During the summer, President Trump went to Twitter to declare that transgender individuals would not be allowed in the military “in any capacity” because of the high medical costs […]

Did the Pentagon Spend $22 Million Looking into UFO’s? Why Yes, They Did!

Reports are showing that the Pentagon spent $22 million dollars looking into UFO’s or unidentified flying objects between 2007 and 2012. The program was shut down citing better uses of the money. The U.S. government ran a program for investigating reports of unidentified flying objects until 2012, the Department of Defense confirmed for ABC News. As […]